Whitley v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
The Court of Appeals certified to tlie Supreme Court the- following questions: 1. The defendant was tried in tlie criminal court of Atlanta on an accusation charging- that he, in the county of Fulton, on the 26th day of February, 1909, did keep on hand at his place of business intoxicating liquors.
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The Court of Appeals certified to tlie Supreme Court the- following questions: 1. The defendant was tried in tlie criminal court of Atlanta on an accusation charging- that he, in the county of Fulton, on the 26th day of February, 1909, did keep on hand at his place of business intoxicating liquors. Was the accusation good as against a demurrer on the following grounds ?: “That the legislature of the State of Georgia was without authority to enact the prohibition law under whieh'this defendant is indicted (to wit, the act approved August 6th, 1907, entitled, ‘An act to prohibit the…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
1. Article 8, section 1, paragraph 1, of. the constitution (Civil Code, § 5900), declares: “There shall be a thorough system of common schools for the education of children in the elementary branches of an English education only, as nearly uniform as practicable, the expenses of which shall be provided for by taxation, or otherwise.” Section 3, paragraph 1, of the same article (Civil Code, § 5908) reads as follows: “The poll-tax, any educational fund now belonging to the State (except the endowment of, *772nucí debt due to, the University of Georgia), a special tax on shows and exhibitions, and…
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- Plumb v. ChristieSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
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